Oil-can



N. H. BARNES.

OIL GAN.

No. 433,613. Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

Inventor. Mlrwfkw/E BarMM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEBRASKUS HOMES BARNES, OF WAIIOO, NEBRASKA.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,613, dated August5, 1890. Application filed October 16, 1889- Serial No. 327,149. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NnBEAsKUs I-IoMEs BARNES, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Vahoo, in the county of Saunders and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Oil-Can, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in oil-cans.

The object of the present invention is to provide oil-cans having a-pumpto raise the oil with a suitable receptacle to receive the dripping fromthe spout of the pump and to convey the oil back into the can; and, furthermore, to provide means for retaining the pump in the can duringthe operation of pumping.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an oil-canconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged viewshowing the connection bet-ween the hook and the projection. Fig. 5 is asimilar view showing the particular form of projection employed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates an oil-can which isprovided with a suitable force-pump B, that is adapted to be withdrawnfrom the can and to be turned to bring the mouth of its spout I) overthe opening of a lamp, and also to carry the mouth, after filling thelamp, over a drip-cup C, which receives the oil dropping from the spoutb and conveys it back into the can.

The top a of the can is slightly conical or sloping, and the drip-cup 0consists of a vertical flange or sides, which are arranged around aperforation a, that is adjacent to the lower side of the cup, wherebyall the oil dropping into the cup will run through the perforation a.

The pump is provided with a depending hook D, which is arranged beneaththe inner end of the spout b, and is adapted, when the spout is swungout from the sides of the can, to engage a projection or ridge d at thepumpopening and near the edge of the can to prevent the pump beingwithdrawn from the can while being operated.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily beunderstood.

hat I claim is The combination of a can having a conical or sloping topand provided with a vertical cylindrical flange arranged near one of thesides of the can and having its upper edge horizontal and its lower edgeconforming to the sloping top, said top having a perforation arrangedwithin the flange near the lowest portion thereof, and a pump arrangednear the side of the can and arranged to be turned to bring the mouth ofthe spout beyond the sides of the can or over the vertical flange,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

NEBRASKUS HOMES BARNES.

Witnesses:

PETER ANDERSON, LoUIs J. KUDRNA.

